2008 Mediterranean Cruise

This is the Jade. An NCL ship. The food was great as one might expect. The ship is pretty new. We did have one problem aboard however. As we were eating dinner, the ship made some unexpected noise. It sounded like they put it quickly in reverse and the props started to vibrate. It made you think one of the props hit something. While this was going on, the ship started to lean sharply to the right side about 10 degrees we found out later. Dishes started falling, carts started rolling, and it made you think we were going down. This did this twice. Joanna and I took off for the deck as I didn't want us caught in the dinning room if we were sinking. As we got to the outside of the ship, 9 crew members were running to the back of the ship so we followed figuring they knew more then we did. As we got there, the ship uprighted, and everything returned to normal. The Captain came on a little while later to explain that 2 gyros went out at the same time and that sent a signal to the computer to turn quickly. They quickly went to override but not before the ship tilted. One bar lost 68 bottles of liquor as they fell and broke. I thought we were on the Titanic. I am glad we had just finished dinner. All in all it was a great trip. Check out the pictures of all the countries we went to.